MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 27.39,-90.79 Latitude: 27.39 Longitude: -90.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 1 28.4 24.4 79 4.0 25.4 221 21 300.5 304.1 298.2 357.6 19.40 1 1000 105 27.2 22.7 76 4.5 23.9 222 25 300.4 303.6 297.1 352.1 17.65 2 950 558 23.1 21.5 91 1.6 22.0 222 27 300.6 303.8 297.0 351.4 17.28 3 900 1029 20.4 19.0 92 1.3 19.4 226 27 302.5 305.4 296.3 348.6 15.59 4 850 1522 18.1 17.0 93 1.1 17.3 233 26 305.1 307.8 296.3 348.3 14.46 5 800 2041 15.9 14.5 92 1.4 15.0 243 23 308.1 310.5 296.1 347.7 13.10 6 750 2589 13.4 11.7 89 1.7 12.3 254 20 311.2 313.4 295.9 346.7 11.61 7 700 3168 10.6 7.4 80 3.2 8.6 267 15 314.2 316.0 295.1 343.1 9.26 8 650 3784 8.0 1.8 65 6.2 4.5 294 8 318.0 319.3 294.1 339.3 6.72 9 600 4441 4.3 -2.6 61 6.9 0.7 338 6 321.1 322.2 293.9 338.3 5.28 10 550 5144 0.4 -8.4 52 8.8 -3.7 23 8 324.6 325.3 293.6 336.9 3.70 11 500 5903 -4.2 -11.8 55 7.6 -7.4 26 12 327.9 328.6 293.9 338.5 3.10 12 450 6726 -9.4 -16.6 55 7.3 -12.1 29 15 331.5 331.9 294.2 339.5 2.32 13 400 7626 -15.2 -23.8 48 8.6 -17.7 13 16 335.3 335.6 294.4 340.4 1.41 14 350 8622 -21.9 -32.2 39 10.2 -24.1 8 10 339.2 339.3 294.8 342.0 0.73 15 300 9736 -30.6 -43.6 27 13.0 -32.1 5 10 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.4 0.27 16 250 11003 -41.0 -48.9 42 7.9 -41.5 317 22 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.9 0.18 17 200 12482 -52.9 -62.1 32 9.2 -53.1 295 27 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.05 18 150 14272 -67.7 -72.1 54 4.3 -67.8 281 18 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16636 -73.6 -81.6 29 7.9 -73.6 54 11 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.48 m Freezing level: 545.53 mb = 5212.20 m = 17100.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.78 mb = 4552.35 m = 14935.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.93 mb = 502.74 m = 1649.39 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 20.70 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.01 mb = 951.41 m = 3121.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.15 C K Index: 36.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 796.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.35 mb = 777.25 m = 2549.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.35 mb = 1609.60 m = 5280.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.35 mb = 13443.89 m = 44106.71 ft B at Equ Level: 795.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.35 mb = 16009.59 m = 52524.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 33.38 Bulk Shear: 23.88 m/s